The debate on immigration is on the rise again. Permanent immigrants are strongly supported, while temporary migrants are going to be cut back.?
These two weeks of discussions about the reduction of immigration quotas have been rife with support and opposition, all of which are justifiable. The hearts of everyone were uneasy, too.
A few days before the budget for the new fiscal year was announced, a number of senior Australian business lobby groups and trade unions suddenly put pressure on the goverment to "maintain the current 190000 permanent immigration quota!"
Strongly opposed to the reduction of PR quotas, industry leaders speak out
Compared with previous individuals or small businesses that power the Weibo, the agency that led the Australian trade union council, the (ACTU), also has a lot of leverage in their respective fields.
Examples include the Australian Industrial Group, representing 60000 businesses, the Immigration Council, which specializes in immigration matters, the Federation of Australian Minority Community Committees, a representative group of minority communities, and United Voice, one of Australia's largest trade unions. Welcome to Australia, an immigration lobby group, and the Australian Home Security Council.
It felt as if the interior were about to tremble.
What is even more rare is that commercial organizations and trade unions, which have always disliked each other, even shook hands and made up this time! Not long ago, the Australian Industrial Group and the ACTU had a lot to do with their workers and businesses, which is yet another example of the great concern that immigration has given rise to!
In conclusion, in this unprecedented joint struggle, the focus of the call is:
Permanent immigrants are vital to Australia!
The reduction of quotas is detrimental to Australia's economic and social development!
We are against it!
There's still concern.
It is naturally a good thing for the big guys to speak together, and goverment must also consider their opinions.
But, everybody is still not at ease! Because goverment says no less in his mouth, but the movement on his hand is even more frightening! For example:
- Secretly tighten the visa review, one hundred and ninety thousand immigrants "target (target)" into a "quota (ceiling)", the deduction of permanent residence visa!
- Tyrannical change employer guarantee visa, application difficulty increases greatly!
- EOI invitation is opaque, the amount is greatly reduced!
- Parents emigrated AOS demands soar!
And this year the goverment has admitted that the quota will not be used up! It is expected that the actual number of immigrants admitted in FY17 / 18 may be as low as one hundred and sixty thousand, the lowest since FY 2007 / 08!
Tightening of temporary migrants, restrictions on quotas and the right to work
While so many of the top institutions have come forward to support permanent immigrants, they are also targeting them at the same time. Their main points are:
- (B) setting a quota ceiling for temporary immigration visas, especially for work visas;
- (B) tighten the right to work of temporary migrants and limit their job opportunities;
- Guarantee the rights and earnings of workers to prevent exploitation of overseas workers.
It is therefore recommended that:
- (B) introduce more stringent labour market tests to ensure that priority is given to local employment;
- Prohibition of recruitment advertisements for overseas workers or certain types of visa holders;
- The policy is tilted towards permanent immigrants, bringing in temporary migrants only when there is a real shortage of skills.
In addition to these institutions, the main ones who have implicitly "disliked" former immigrants are:
- (B) ACTU Secretary Sally McManus:, temporary visa holders, who robbed locals of their jobs;
- Prime Minister Tam Po: Australia's population growth is mainly caused by newcomers, for example, the number of international students is now 200000 more than a few years ago;
- Treasury Secretary Morrison: Australia's population growth is mainly due to temporary immigrants, such as foreign students and tourists, not permanent immigrants;
- The Ministry of the Interior: Managing Australia's Migrant Intake solicited public opinion: should there be quota limits for all temporary immigrants?
- One-country party Hansen: foreign students have robbed Australians of their jobs and should cancel their right to work.
Although the comments have been opposed by the Australian International Student Council and by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as well as by the fact that Australians are lazy and stupid, there are always people who like to throw the pot at the temporary immigrants.
Who should be tightened?
In fact, after the 457 reform last year, the visa for temporary work has been greatly tightened! Hundreds of jobs have either been slashed or moved to short orders that cannot be converted to permanent residence, with fewer applications than before.
So how do we tighten it?
But now that we're here, let's see which temporary immigrants should tighten up.
Australia now has about 1.6 million expatriates, including international students, backpackers, skilled workers and New Zealanders, according to unpublished data from the Home Office.
There are also about three hundred thousand tourists, but most of them do not count as temporary immigrants, nor do they count in the (NOM), a net immigrant abroad.
As you can see, New Zealanders alone account for more than 40% of the total number of temporary immigrants, more than any other category!
The living craftsman is less than two hundred thousand! Not to mention international students and backpackers, their right to work is restricted by visa terms. What do you want to do with local people?
Therefore, if we have to control temporary immigrants, should we reduce the number of New Zealanders first?
epilogue
The Anyway, has supporters and opponents, both permanent and temporary. No matter how controversial, at least one thing is certain, that is: without immigration, there is no Australia today!
The new budget will be announced in a few days and less than two months remain for the current fiscal year. What is the outcome of the game between the parties? let's wait and see.
